Hospital announces Pulse Award winners

Pam Gibson, Ligia Booker and Kimberly Blattner are recipients of this year’s Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation Pulse Award, which honors outstanding Sonoma Valley women who have made significant contributions to the community through their volunteerism, community involvement and philanthropy. The three will be honored at... Continue

Film fest winners

The Sonoma International Film Festival’s 17th edition came to a rousing close Sunday night following five days that featured capacity audiences for a wide variety of films from around the world. “This has been an extraordinary year,” said SIFF Executive Director Kevin McNeely. “We are... Continue

Man with a horn

(Sonoma Profile by Linda Blum). Jerry Kenny is a living archive of memories from the Big Band Era, when America left the Depression behind and began to swing. Jerry Kenny is now 85, but those happy years, as a highly regarded trombone player in most... Continue

Police blotter: Bike path flasher; Plaza melee; theaxting and more.

A woman who detected a “furtive movement” on the bike path March 26 turned to see a troublesome manifestation – the exposed genitals of a teenage boy. Still lurking nearby when the law arrived, the teen was detained and identified. Before removal to juvenile hall,... Continue

Altimira spelling wiz on to state finals

Altimira School eighth grader Khyren Cox takes took place in Sonoma County Spelling Bee on Tuesday night. Next stop: the California State Spelling Bee on May 3. Continue

Spring, officially sprung

A visit to farm; coffee snob rant; and deelish cocktail -- Sun food and wine. Continue

Scenes from a ‘Benevolent Earth’

(By Brooke Sevenau) In 2000, Chip Romer was a member of the team that created Woodland Star Charter School, offering public Waldorf education to the children of Sonoma. In 2011, he led the team that created Credo High School in Rohnert Park, one of only... Continue

Rain won't solve major water issues

Don't let the latest storm fool you: Sonoma Valley needs more water. On March 31, Supervisor Susan Gorin, who represents the Sonoma Valley and also serves as director of the Sonoma County Water Agency, will hold a public meeting on the state of the Valley... Continue

Plaza naming rights deal?

Tuesday headlines you may have missed: Sonoma council mulls Plaza naming rights. “AT&T Sonoma Square” and “Sonoma Plaza by Visa” are among the possible names for the historic downtown area as officials ponder a naming rights deal to save the city from financial ruin. Also... Continue

From Aqaba to Sinai

What is George McKale -- Sonoma City Historian and Sun columnist -- doing in the Sinai, and why does he need a bodyguard? Continue

NewsLocal Sonoma Valley News:

News
Local Sonoma Valley News: